Bara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Temples near Bara
Named places of worship on record
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 Septembertoday | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
Bara is a small village in Imamganj mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 386 in 59 households. It has a literacy rate of 51.3% and is located at 25.512°N, 83.855°E with PIN code 824206.
By population, Bara ranks #140 of 196 villages in Imamganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 386 people in 59 households (Census 2011) in Imamganj block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 140th-largest of 196 villages in Imamganj block. Literacy is 51%, 3 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 883 women per 1,000 men. It lies 211 km from the Gaya district centre, 0 km from Bara, the nearest town, 2 km from Barakalan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824206, served by Imamganj post office; the LGD village code is 255976. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Buxar, 11 km away. The sarpanch is SHYAMAKANT SHARMA, and the village votes in Mahua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 6,670 in 2026, up 1628% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kujesar →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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